Cory Booker talks up his record in Newark and urges New Jersey voters to send him in Washington, which “ducks our problems,” in an introductory campaign spot hitting cable networks tomorrow.

POLITICO first reported that Booker is going on air in the special Senate election, with a cable buy in the Philadelphia and New York City markets.

“I’ve spent my career not running from challenges, but toward them,” he says in the spot. “In Newark, we got guns off the street. Attracted new businesses. Created new jobs. And improved our public schools. I’ve proven that by bringing people together, even with big problems, we can make big progress…and improve people’s lives.”

Saying he is asking for voters to back him for the Senate, Booker says, “Washington ducks our problems. I won’t. Join me. The work starts now.”